Dominant family
D♭ seventh suspended fourth chord
D♭7sus4D♭ seventh suspended fourth
Piano root position
- Root
- 4
- 5
- ♭7
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 4
Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 1 at fret 4.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- D♭1
- ♭2
- 2
- ♭3
- 3
- G♭4
- ♭5
- A♭5
- ♯5
- 6
- C♭♭7
- 7
- D♭ Root
- G♭ Perfect 4th
- A♭ Perfect 5th
- C♭ Minor 7th
About this chord
What is a D♭ seventh suspended fourth chord?
D♭7sus4 is built from 4 notes: D♭ (the root), G♭ (the 4), A♭ (the 5), C♭ (the ♭7). A dominant that floats instead of pushing.
- Notes
- D♭ · G♭ · A♭ · C♭
- Formula
- 1 · 4 · 5 · ♭7
- Also written
- D♭7sus
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain D♭7sus4
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